couldn't care less

Idioms  

1. Also, could care less. Be completely indifferent. For example, Pick whatever dessert you want; I couldn't care less, or I could care less about the editor's opinion. This expression originated about 1940 in Britain and for a time invariably used couldn't. About 1960 could was occasionally substituted, and today both versions are used with approximately equal frequency, despite their being antonyms.

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Example Sentences

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couldn't care less

I couldn’t care less about the comments he made about me, but they are a reflection of his character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

He couldn't care less if he was 16 or 66.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

The others are "invited, barely," he said, before adding "I couldn't care less if they come."

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

The players themselves, however, really couldn’t care less.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025

So before long Tommy had gone back to his original defence, producing work that seemed deliberately childish, work that said he couldn’t care less.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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